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c. E. CAPMAN. GARMENT PRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1917.

1,316,559. PatentedSept. 23,1919.

ImferiiFf -vide an improved mechanism of the char acter referred to. a l

I i To the above ends the invent1oncons1sts .clalms. l Inthe drawing UNITED STATES TPATENT ornion CARL a. cArMAn; or oHicAGo, ILLINOIS, AssIeNon, T0 JOSEPH sALTzMAu, or CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS.

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Improvements in Garment-Pressing Ma- :;-1chines,- ofwhich the following is aspeoi- This inventionrelates to improvements in:garment pressing machines, and it has forits salient object to provide a simplified and improved machine, such improvements comprising an improved form of supporting frame and overhead trolley mechanism;.-an improved pressing iron suspension mechanism; improvements in the detailsof construction whereby said suspension mechanism is made adjustable as to length and as to Weight-counterbalancing effect; improvements in the means for detachably connecting pressing irons of various sizes to said suspension mechanism; improvements in the mounting of the overhead .trolley track, whereby greater freedom of movement is insured; and in general, to proin the mattersthereinafter described, and more particularl set forth in the appended T Figure]; is a perspective view showing the machine as viewed from the front; 35

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail of the adjustable'parts of the iron-suspending mechanism;

o V Fig. 3-is a perspective viewof an adjustable clamp forming the means of attaching the iron to the suspending devices;

Fig. 1 is a sectional detail showing the connection between one end of the trackbar and the suspension link.

: Referring to the; drawings, 1 designates P as a whole a pressing-table, which may be of any uitable construction provided it is rigid and strong so as to afford ample support for the pressing machine proper which is mounted thereon. 2 designates a standard or upright, which is conveniently made of tubing and is rigidly secured to the table top, conveniently by means of a base casting 3 having outstanding arms 4: resting upon and bolted to said top. The upper end of the standard is provided with rigid Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

Application filed June 7, 1917. Serial No. 173,270.

angle fittings 5in which are secured supporting bars 6, 6, arranged to extend approximately at right 'anglesto each other and in the same horizontal plane. At their outer ends the arms 6, 6', carry depending hanger rods 7, 7, which are conveniently fixed to-the supporting arms by'being inserted and secured in suitable apertures in the latter. The hanger rods are parallel with each other, and serveto support atrolley bar or track 8, which latter is apertured at each end to fit loosely upon th respec tive hangers 7, 7, Y

Coiled expansion springs 9 are mounted on the lower ends of the respective hanger rods, interposed between washers 10 keyed upon the extremities of the rods and the "underside of the trolley bar, so that the latter is yieldingly supported as to each of its ends. The sPI'lIlgS 9 are so formed as to normally expand, and of such strength or stiifness that they will support a part only of the weight of the pressing iron. A confining spring 11 is mounted upon one of the hanger rods 7 between the upper side of the trolley bar 8 and the suspenslon arm the purpose of this confining spring be 1119; to prevent the trolley bar from rising too high at that end and getting into a binding or looking position in operation of the machine. y

12 designates as a whole a trolley carriage and its supporting wheel. Connected with the carriage is a depending rod 13, carrying, at its extreme lower end a guide- .block 14 through which is arranged'to eX- tend and slide a suspension rod 15. An adJustable stop-block 16 is mounted to embrace both rods 13 and 15, and a thumbnut 17 threaded into the stop-block 16 serves to lock the latter in adjusted-position upon rod 15 while permitting it to-slide freely upon rod 13. The upper end of rod 15is headed to prevent it from accidentallyslipw ping through the block 16 when the thumbnut is released.

Upon the rod 15 between blocks 14 and 16 is mounted a coiled expansion spring 18, which is of such strength or stiffness as to only partly support the weight of the iron.

With the lower end of the rod 15 is pivotally connected a curved or bail-shaped link 19, which carries at its lower end an adjustable clamp 20 (see Fig. 3) which is 21. The lower end of the bail .19 is notched in its upper side and is slipped through a staple 20 upon the clamp and interengaged with the latter by the notch. This permits practically a universal movement of the iron relatively to the bail. The clamp 20 comprises a body bar 22 and adjustable jaws 23, 23, connected with the body by slot-andscrew connections; the arrangement being such that the clamp can be securely fixed upon the body of the iron while maintaining thestaple 20 coincident with the center of gravity of the iron.

The union 5' which carries the fittings 5 is threaded upon the standard and held at any angular adjustment desired. By providing a double width table or simply setting another table back of the first the pressing machine may be reversed to face in the opposite direction by rotating the supporting arms upon the standard.

The operation of the machine will be clear to those skilled in the art, but may 'be briefly described as follows:

The suspension mechanism is to be so ad justed that when the iron is hanging freely, z'. 6., not resting upon the buck, its lower surface will be two or three inches below the workin level, i. e., the level at which the iron w1l rest upon the buck or pressboard proper. In this freely suspended condition the iron is ordinarily near one end or the other of the trolley bar, and the spring 9 at that end will be nearly or quite fully compressed. The spring 18 of the suspension rods will at that time be fully compressed, its coils in contact with each other and the extension of the lapped suspension rods positively limited.

It will be understood that thedetails of construction may be varied without departing from my invention.

I claim- 1. In a pressing machine, a supporting standard, arms extending divergently therefrom, a trolley-track supported by said arms, a carriage on said track, suspension mechanism supported by said carriage, and a pressing 1ron hung upon said suspenslon mechanism.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for spring interposed between said stops and tending to lift the iron.

3'. In a pressing machine, the combination of a single standard, ahead adjustable rotatably thereon, divergent arms carried by said head, depending track supporting links carried by said arms, coiledsprings on said links, a trolley track yieldingly carried by said coiled springs, a carriage mounted on said trolleytrack, anda pressing iron resiliently suspended from said carriage.

l; In apressing machine, the combination with a suitable overhead supporting frame, of a pressing iron suspension mechanism comprising an upper link rod flexibly conneeted with said overhead support, a lower link rodl carrying at it lower end a pressing iron, a guide-block fixed upon the lower end of the upper link-rod, through which the upper part of the lower link rod extends, an adjustable stop-block embracing the overlapping parts of both link-rods, a locking device for fixing said stop-block in adjusted position, and a coiled expansion sprlng interposed between said adjustable stop-block and the guide-block and tending to l ift said iron, but fully compressible thereby.

5. In a pressing machine, thecombination with an overhead supporting frame and a pressing iron suspension mechanism connected therewith, of an adjustable clampcarried by said suspension mechanism, comprising a body bar, a jaw mounted on eachend of said bar and guided to move longitudinally of the latter, means for fixing each of said jaws in adjusted position, and an attachrlpent device arranged mid length of said CARL E. CAPMAN.

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